Colorado isn't exactly known as a hotbed for the puck but then Southern California also has plenty of ground to make up compared to Minnesota, Massachusetts and Michigan.

So maybe it was someone like Troy Terry to have a true appreciation for those that showed up Saturday for a scrimmage featuring the newest and best prospects of the Ducks that are attending their development camp.

The Ducks made the move to acquire winger Carl Hagelin at last weekend's NHL draft but there is now the process of getting the restricted free agent signed to a new contract.

It appears some headway has been made on that. Ducks general manager Bob Murray said earlier this week that he had some initial good talks with Hagelin's agent, J.P. Barry, and Barry on Thursday offered up some promising signals.

The Ducks signed defenseman Korbinian Holzer to a one-year contract, the team announced Thursday.

Holzer will make $750,000 on a one-way deal. The 27-year-old native of Munich, Germany did not appear in a game for the Ducks after coming to the team in a March deadline trade with Toronto for defenseman Eric Brewer and a 2016 fifth-round pick.

Holzer has appeared in 58 NHL games with the Maple Leafs, including 34 last season before the trade. He'll likely serve as the extra ...

Horcoff, 36, played with Dallas the last two seasons and had 11 goals and 18 assists in 76 gamees. A 12-year performer with Edmonton until 2013-14, Horcoff has 180 goals and 316 assists in 949 NHL games.

Horcoff can play on the wing but could serve as a fill-in for Nate Thompson at center. Thompson is expected to be out until December after undergoing major ...

All three were signed to two-way deals and should help fill the Ducks' new American Hockey League affiliate in San Diego. Former Edmonton Oilers coach Dallas Eakins will lead the Gulls in their inaugural AHL season.

Hackett, 25, has appeared in 26 NHL games with Minnesota and Buffalo. He appeared in five games with Buffalo ...

Francois Beauchemin wanted a little more security with the Ducks going forward. He'll get that with the Colorado Avalanche.

On the first day of NHL free agency, the Avalanche signed Beauchemin to a three-year contract worth $13.5 million Wednesday.

Beauchemin's time with the Ducks was going to end when talks on an extension broke down Tuesday, with his camp expressing that they could get a three-year deal on the open market and the Ducks only willing to commit to two years.

With talks on a contract extension for Francois Beauchemin hitting a wall Tuesday, the Ducks traded a 2016 second-round pick to the Vancouver Canucks for veteran defenseman Kevin Bieksa.

The move is a certain sign that the Ducks are moving on from Beauchemin and found a replacement on the blue line that is just as proven in Bieksa. Bieksa, 34, had four goals and 10 assists in 60 games with the Canucks last season.

The Ducks issued qualifying offers to wingers Jakob Silfverberg and Carl Hagelin on Monday and did the same with centers Chris Wagner and Michael Sgarbossa.

Those offers allow the Ducks to retain their rights and continue negotiating new contracts. All four can become restricted free agents on Wednesday.

Silfverberg, 24, and Hagelin, 26, both have arbitration rights and the Ducks will be working on getting both signed, preferably to multiyear deals that can take them beyond their first year of eligbility for ...